Reuters: Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen, in guilty plea, says made payments at candidate's direction
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, pleaded guilty in New York on Tuesday to campaign finance violations and other charges, saying he made payments to influence the 2016 election at the direction of a candidate for federal office.
The guilty pleas came in the same hour that a federal jury in Alexandria, Virginia, convicted former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort of eight charges of tax and bank fraud and failing to disclose foreign bank accounts.
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MIDDLE EAST
Western trio warns Syria over chemical weapons use.
UN: Two-thirds of child soldiers in Yemen fight for Houthi rebels.
Iran unemployment crisis, rising living costs bite amid sanctions.
Exclusive: Iraq to ask U.S. for exemptions on some Iran sanctions.
Trump vows 'no concessions', Turkey's lira stays under pressure.
Hamas: End to Israel's Gaza blockade 'around the corner'.
Israel eases gun controls following lone-wolf attacks.
Israeli army orders criminal probe into killing of two Palestinian teens in Gaza.
Lebanese chafe as economic blues begin to bite.
ASIA
Taliban to travel to Moscow for peace talks after 17 years of war.
Taliban rockets hit near presidential palace in Kabul; no injuries reported. Afghanistan: Rockets hit near Kabul presidential palace.
UN: Ghazni still dangerous for all after Taliban pushed out.
IAEA: No indication of halt in North Korea's nuclear programme.
Report: North Korea's Yongbyon nuclear facility in limited operation.
Indonesia's military ordered to pursue Papua Liberation Army.
Indonesia's top Islamic body issues fatwa against measles vaccine, calling it 'religiously forbidden'.
Malaysia's Mahathir dumps Chinese projects amid 'new colonialism' fear.
AFRICA
Russia and CAR deepen military relations.
Ugandan army to punish soldiers who assaulted journalists.
White farmers try to offload land in South Africa before it is seized from them 'as government tries to grab first two hunting reserves without paying'.
Zimbabwe says 'hostility of the West' putting off renewed investment.
Ebola in the DRC: Death toll rises in second outbreak.
Morocco to reinstate conscription 'to promote patriotism'.
EUROPE
UK and EU to enter ‘continuous’ talks to resolve Brexit deadlock.
EU residents will be secure if no Brexit deal says Raab.
Britain urges EU to toughen Russia sanctions.
US warns of more sanctions coming against Russia.
US election meddling: 71% of Russians believe Putin denial, poll finds .
Germany wants Europe to form a 'counterweight' to US.
Greece: Alexis Tsipras hails 'new era' after debt crisis.
Czechs mark 50 years since bloody Soviet invasion.
Czechs boo prime minister at Soviet invasion memorial.
Russia delivers fighter jets to Serbia.
AMERICAS
Two Trump lieutenants found guilty, president implicated.
Former Trump campaign chairman Manafort convicted on eight of 18 charges.
Two charged in US with spying for Iran.
Trump open to lifting Russia sanctions, "most likely" to meet Kim Jong Un again.
Massive military raids in Rio neighbourhoods leave at least 6 dead.
Ecuador to organize regional Venezuela migrant crisis meeting.
Venezuela crisis: More migrants cross into Brazil despite attacks.
Venezuela 'paralysed' by launch of sovereign bolivar currency.
Magnitude 7.3 quake hits northern Venezuela coast -USGS.
US inmates launch nationwide strike.
Drones hunt cocaine farms in Colombia.
El Salvador dumps Taiwan for China.
US deports former Nazi camp guard Jakiv Palij to Germany.
TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
Hezbollah’s Nasrallah meets with Houthi leadership.
Malaysia sees no terror link in radioactive item disappearance.
Chief al-Qaeda bomb maker 'killed in Yemen strike' - US reports.
ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
S&P 500 touches record high, equals longest-ever bull run.
Trump accuses China of 'manipulating' its currency.
Germany poised to set world's largest trade surplus.
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